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South African hospital faces legal action for refusing liver transplant to Zimbabwean teen
Bureaucratic red tape is standing between 15-year-old Vanessa Mafu and the liver transplant that could save her life.Diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis that has progressed to liver cirrhosis,...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 08:02hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants youngsters to be proud of their identity
President Mnangagwa has called on the younger generation to take pride in their African identity and rich cultural heritage, emphasizing their pivotal role in shaping a future of sustainable economic ...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:03hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Amsterdam activists hand out hundreds of balloons and leaflets in protest against neocolonialism
In the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, representatives of the African community gathered to protest against the neocolonial regime and the exploitation of the African continent's population....Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 18:51hrs | 443 | by Staff Reporter
African children are wood, and water collectors for the whites: nothing has changed!
I wish I lived in another planet and certainly not planet Earth because this one has painful contradictions. Africa, especially, a continent that was ravaged by slavery for centuries. The white popula...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:48hrs | 655 | by Nomazulu Thata
Parting Thoughts from 2023 Zimbabwe Coconut Reforms
It is not a secret that the rotten state or the coconut republic of Zimbabwe must be reformed and replaced with a well-functioning state. To establish a functional state, reform is needed in political...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 22:45hrs | 19 | by Sam Wezhira
'Commute death sentence to prison terms'
A RECENT High Court ruling condemning Tapiwa Makore Senior and accomplice Tafadzwa Shamba to death for the brutal murder of then seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore Junior has once again revived debate on th...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'20 000 pupils fall pregnant in Zimbabwe'
CRISIS Coalition in Zimbabwe (CiZC) has expressed concern over increasing cases of pregnancies among schoolgirls as statistics indicate that 20 000 schoolgirls fell pregnant between September last yea...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on course to eradicate malaria
ZIMBABWE is on course to win the fight against malaria, after a 70% drop in new cases, officials have said.Health ministry social behaviour communications officer Fortunate Manjoro said Zimbab...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's education system is outdated
Former Education minister Fay Chung says Zimbabwe's education system was designed to last for at least 20 years, but now has been in use for over 40 years, rendering it outdated.Chung (FC), wh...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:11hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
How Covid-19 has affected South African children?
According to a UNICEF report, because of COVID-19, 40 percent of the children belonging to Eastern and South African countries are not in school anymore. Even before the pandemic hit the world, 37 mil...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:42hrs | 5 | by Staff Writer
Commemorating the 45th Youth Day: Do something or say something that will end with results
We are commemorating this year's Day of the African Child in Covid-19 induced lockdown for the second year running. Times are hard,its not business as usual. There are plenty of reports ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 10:10hrs | 5 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Banjani abantwana ngekhaya? Ndebele women included: Celebrating the International Day of the African Child
To be fair to other cultures in Zimbabwe, it is only in Ndebele culture where a woman is considered and addressed as a child regardless of her age. Ndebele women are called abesintwana by their male c...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 21:56hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu PF Youth League statement on the occasion of the Day Of The African Child 2021 edition
The ZANU PF YOUTH LEAGUE joins all progressive forces in commemorating the Day of the African Child whose theme is "30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate implementation of Agenda 2040...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 13:30hrs | 3 | by Zanu PF Youth League
'Mnangagwa worse than apartheid South Africa'
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Commemorates Soweto Massacre which took place on 16 June 1976 in South Africa during apartheid regime.While commemorating the day, the Youth Assembly said Mnangagwa...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 11 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
We are like 'stray animals'
According to the United nations High commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), the exact number of stateless people globally is not known.However, the Un refugee Agency estimates that there are many ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Amnesty International
Mnangagwa tells off western countries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday savaged western countries for allegedly derailing the development of the country and that of Africa at large.Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Malema attacks war veterans
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema says War veterans must stop ransoming Africa by saying they fought for it therefore they deserve special recognition. In a fiery speech Malema sa...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums, healers, kings and queens. While Christianity remains as that or those institutions preaching, teaching and prophesying...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:50hrs | 15 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Patrice Motsepe capturing South Africa
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has issued a stern warning to business mogul Patrice Motsepe, saying that he will do to him what was done to the Gupta family.On the occasion of ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by City Press
Zimbabwe was the real life Wakanda, recalls Danai Gurira
DANAI Gurira is taking a break from promoting her blockbuster film Black Panther to talk to a group that does not include any Hollywood reporters. But the playwright turned movie megastar is not actua...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Sean Braswell
More Zimbabwean children and young adults jailed in England and Wales
The number of black people jailed in England and Wales is seven times larger than the amount they make up of the population. There is greater disproportionality in the number of black people in ...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zim Achievers to honour Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela, the late music icon will be honoured posthumously at the South African edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) being held in April in Sandton, Johannesburg.The award is s...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 11:39hrs | 10 | by Tidi Kwidini
2 Zimbabwean artists among Africa's Top 10 most bankable artists
Forbes Africa has named 2 Zimbabwean artists named in its Top 10 most bankable artists in Africa list....Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 13:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Junior Mayor of Harare, Nigel Mharapara statement on day of the African child celebrations
Zimbabwe joins the rest of Africa to commemorating the Day of the African Child, a day has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organisation of African ...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 07:03hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Paying school fees with goats: Fact vs fiction
"IWE! Mbudzi munadzo here dzekubhadhara fees term ino?" asked my cousin Piri, meaning, do you have goats to pay for your school fees this coming term? The schoolchildren from St Columbus School were g...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 22:23hrs | 2 | by Dr Sekai Nzenza
Peter Ndlovu, Mwaruwari reunited
ZIMBABWE's football legends Peter Ndlovu and Benjani Mwaruwari are among a host of former African football icons who are expected to grace two all-star charity matches organised by the Kanu Heart ...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Digesting Mugabe's opinion of Trump
Because President Mugabe's birthday happens to be the same day Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, Mother Africa's children at home and abroad have always considered this day...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Health Care in Africa: What Next?
In the war between humanity and disease, perhaps the greatest victory of recent years took place in Africa. At the turn of the millennium, serious analysts expected HIV/AIDS to kill up to half the peo...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Robert Guest and Slavea Chankova
Shelve xenophobic attacks on Zimbabweans, Mujuru begs South Africa
Zimbabwe People First interim leader Joyce Mujuru today made a passionate appeal to South Africans to temporally halt deadly xenophobic attacks on Zimbabweans saying they are not in that country...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 15:38hrs | | by THobekile Zhou
Heal Zimbabwe rolls out Sports for peace Tournament
As part of commemorating the Day of the African Child, Heal Zimbabwe working together with Dambo Sports Academy in Mazowe South constituency hosted a Sports for Peace Gala at Kanyemba Secondary School...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Rapists, be warned, Mugabe is coming after you!
President Mugabe has reiterated that rapists, especially those who abuse minors, do not have a place in society and hinted they will soon be dealt with using measures commensurate with their diabolic ...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:15hrs | 2 | by Levi Mukarati
Heal Zimbabwe celebrate the Day of the African child
Heal Zimbabwe has joined the rest of Africa in celebrating the Day of the African Child.The trust said the day celebrated every year on the 16th June, was set aside to remember the young peopl...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 09:56hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Coltart: (Hi)story and our story as Africans
As I sit down to write this piece, it is February 18, 1978, and David Coltart has just taken off for South Africa, to start his university studies at UCT, the University of Cape Town. He leaves behind...Published: 07 May 2016 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
PSAf promoting the media's role in ending child marriages
As the international 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign roars into life this week, Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) is calling on the media to lead from the front and rai...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 07:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
South Africa Visa rules to be revised
South African children under the age of 18 will still be required to travel with an unabridged birth certificate, but the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) task team - established to investigate the e...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 20:54hrs | | by Traveller24
'Founders High School Head boy has been titled the 2015 head boy of the year'
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 17:26hrs | 1 | by Byo Resident
'Aliens' invade Beitbridge game farm
A game ranch in Zimbabwe's Beitbridge district on the border with South Africa has been invaded by militants believed to be supporters of the Zanu-PF party of President Robert Mugabe, with the rep...Published: 09 Jul 2015 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe told to fire Tomana
Children's rights activists and women's organisations yesterday called for the immediate firing or resignation of Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana over his controversial views on child marriages....Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 14:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Youth Assembly Statement on The Day of The African Child
On 16 June every year, the African Union celebrates the Day of the African Child (DAC) in commemoration of the 1976 massacre of school children in Soweto, South Africa who were protesting against ...Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 11:26hrs | | by Brighton Makunike
Local ideas shaping national health agendas to reduce child deaths in developing countries
LONDON, United-Kingdom - GSK and Save the Children continue to call for applications for their 2014 $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award, as previous winners attract interest and support from ...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by APO
Woman tweets photo of businessman's manhood
South African businessman Sandile Zungu, the founder of the Zico group of companies and also the secretary general of the Black Business Council, has broken his silence after controversial tweets ...Published: 22 Jun 2014 at 20:04hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T turmoil spills into student body
The on-going turmoil in the MDC-T party on Wednesday manifested itself in the Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) with a press briefing on the Day of African Child ending prematurely as union le...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 12:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
The impoverished police, army and general citizens must strike together
For tens of thousands of years in the dark and uncertain jungles of Africa, our great Ancestors have faced difficult challenges of dangerous wild animals, invasions by brute foreigners and drough...Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 10:48hrs | 1 | by Rakanga Danble
Golden Baobab Prize Shortlist 2013: Sabina Mutangadura's Seven
Sabina Mutangadura's Seven is the tale of Simi, who is uprooted from Victoria Falls to live in a run-down mining town far away. Having left her best friend, the Immaculate Emma behind, Simi fin...Published: 07 Nov 2013 at 10:08hrs | 1 | by Nanama B. Acheampong
Sabina Mutangadura, an upcoming Zimbabwean literary genius
The African literary scene has seen tremendous growth in the last couple of years. One issue, however, that many people seem to miss is the lack of enthralling, quality, culturally relevant African c...Published: 08 Oct 2013 at 14:04hrs | 11 | by Nanama B. Acheampong
Revolutionary Maths and Science Books for the African Child
An innovative, practical approach to problem solving and motivation for math and science success for African children.JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Edza...Published: 19 Sep 2013 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
High profile private school principal fired, nabbed over child porn
Johannesburg - A principal of a high profile private school in Mpumalanga has been fired, after being arrested in connection with an international child pornography syndicate.The man, who can...Published: 22 Aug 2013 at 07:01hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
African children being used as lab rats in medical experiments
NaturalNews - Parents of dozens of African children severely injured by a combination meningitis vaccine known as MenAfriVac are demanding answers following a recent declaration by government officia...Published: 17 Jun 2013 at 15:55hrs | | by Jonathan Benson,
Let us promote our mother languages
Shona and Ndebele are the two languages spoken by the black majority in Zimbabwe - from the Limpopo to the Zambezi, with a few pockets here and there of minority languages.These two langua...Published: 02 Apr 2013 at 12:06hrs | | by John Gambanga
Private schools perform dismally in isiNdebele
MOST privately run primary schools in Bulawayo have over the years been performing dismally at Grade 7 examinations, especially in isiNdebele despite the schools being very expensive and expected to p...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 20:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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